High Heart : In the making—Sustaining art practice with Jesse Jones

High Heart : In the making—Sustaining art practice with Jesse Jones

Friday 19th February, 12-1 pm

Devised by IADT students, two online gatherings will take place to accompany their online exhibtion High Heart. The first of these welcomes Jesse Jones, who will respond to IADT student questions about sustaining art practice beyond college

Biography:

Jesse Jones’ practice is multi-platform, working in film installation, performance and sculpture. Her recent work proposes a re-imagining of the relationship between the Law and the body through speculative feminism. Using a form of expanded cinema she explores magical counter-narratives to the State drawn from suppressed archetypes and myth. She represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale 2017 with the project " Tremble Tremble" who's title is inspired by the 1970s Italian wages for housework movement, during which women chanted “Tremate, tremate, le streghe sono tornate! (Tremble, tremble, the witches have returned!)”.

Recent solo exhibitions include a solo presentation at Guggenheim Bilbao and a five year commission for kunsthalle Gent. Up coming solo exhibitions include Samstag Gallery Adelaide in 2021. Her teaching practice is primarily based on Sherkin Island Cork where she works on the BA in visual arts program (BAVA)

Part of the exhibition: In the making—High Heart